Confessions of an English Opium Eater and Suspiria de Profundis
by de Quincey, Thomas
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Washburn, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Boston MA: Ticknor and Fields, 1855. Hardcover. Good. 288 pages; 4 1/2 x 7 1/2" Dark brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt lettering is slightly rubbed and faded; spine and boards are worn and show handling; board corners are bumped; previous owner's information is penciled on first page and title page; foxing to page edges and various pages; tissue-guard on title page is creased and foxed.
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- Bookseller
- Chequamegon Book Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 123196
- Title
- Confessions of an English Opium Eater and Suspiria de Profundis
- Author
- de Quincey, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ticknor and Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston MA
- Date Published
- 1855
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Chequamegon Book Company
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About the Seller
Chequamegon Book Company
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Washburn, Wisconsin
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...